Primary school of the Regensburger Domspatzen
| Primary school of the Regensburger Domspatzen | |
|---|---|
| type of school | primary school |
| place | regensburg |
| country | Bavaria |
| Country | Germany |
| Coordinates | 49 ° 0 '54 " N , 12 ° 6' 55" E |
| carrier | Regensburger Domspatzen Foundation |
| student | 125 (as of: 2018/2019) |
| Teachers | 7 full-time employees |
| Website | www.domspatzen.de |
The Regensburger Domspatzen primary school is a state-recognized, two-tier private primary school for boys in Regensburg . It is affiliated with the Regensburger Domspatzen music high school, with a focus on musical education.
history
In 1946, provisional lessons with fourth graders began in Etterzhausen. In January 1948, the Bavarian Ministry of Culture granted permission to operate the school and boarding school. At the time, the boarding school was run by the Association of Friends of the Regensburg Cathedral Choir under its chairman Josef Engert . The former director of the boarding school was the cathedral music director Theobald Schrems . In 1957 the newly established Etterzhausen Foundation of Regensburger Domspatzen took over the sponsorship of the school boarding school. The founding director of the foundation was the Roman Catholic priest Johann Meier , who had been prefect at the Regensburg Domspatzen boarding school since 1953. In 1958 Meier was appointed director of the school boarding school. In 1981 the Domspatzen primary school moved to the monastery in the neighboring village of Pielenhofen , and the Pielenhofen Foundation of Regensburger Domspatzen became the school sponsor . After Josef Meier retired in 1992, the priest Joseph König took over the management. This worked until the summer of 2013 when the primary school was relocated to Regensburg. Since the 2005/06 school year, the boarding school has been equipped with grades 1 to 4 and is therefore officially recognized as a full primary school. This happened under the leadership of the long-time rector Wolfgang Sack, who was in office until July 2011. At the beginning of the school year 2011/12, Petra Stadtherr began her service as headmistress.
In 2013, the elementary school in Regensburg moved into a newly constructed building on Reichsstraße, right next to the Domspatzen music high school. The construction costs amounted to around 13 million euros. It includes a gym, eight classrooms and thirteen music practice rooms. The four-class primary school is supported by the Regensburger Domspatzen Foundation , which is supported by the Regensburg Cathedral Chapter and the Association of Friends of the Regensburg Cathedral Choir . This foundation is also responsible for the music high school with boarding school and the cathedral choir, the Regensburger Domspatzen .
Reports of ill-treatment and abuse
In May 1948, sexual assaults by Ambros Josef Pfiffig against boarding school students became known. Pfiffig had worked as prefect in Etterzhausen since 1946 and was then transferred to Tirschenreuth by Regensburg vicar general Josef Franz as a cooperator for youth pastoral care .
In spring 2010 cases of mistreatment and abuse in the boarding school in Etterzhausen and Pielenhofen became public. Regarding the spiritual director Johann Meier (term of office 1958 to 1992), who died in 1992, it is reported that he "hit the cane out of the blue". The newspaper reported that the clergyman had "punished students with five to ten strokes of the cane, which were either placed on the fingertips, fingernails or buttocks." An editor of the Süddeutsche Zeitung reported in 2010 that the headmaster had an eight-year-old in the 1981/1982 school year Boys hit with a chair until the chair broke on his back because he was angry about the student's misconduct as an altar boy at early mass. A student who had doubled over with stomach pain had been disqualified as a simulant by the director; he later had to undergo emergency surgery because of a ruptured appendix . Even small violations of the instructions were so violent slaps punished that then often the handprint was visible on his cheek.
Former boarding school students also reported sexual abuse in Etterzhausen and Pielenhofen. Some of those affected are still fighting for their recognition.
The former Regensburg cathedral music director Georg Ratzinger (term of office 1964 to 1994) came under fire as a member of the board of trustees of the school foundation. Ratzinger stated that he had no knowledge of the attacks in Etterzhausen and Pielenhofen and expressed his regret.
In April 2015 the diocese of Regensburg announced that it would also check the incidents in the pre-schools of the Regensburger Domspatzen and the previous diocesan recognition practice with the help of a lawyer. The lawyer recommended by the White Ring, Ulrich Weber, has now set up his own website through which those affected can contact him. Former boarders affected by assault and abuse are said to be involved in the investigation.
On January 8, 2016, the special investigator of the diocese of Regensburg and victim lawyer Ulrich Weber published an interim report on the abuse of 231 children between 1953 and 1992 at the Regensburger Domspatzen. Another 50 children are also said to have been sexually abused.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Private primary school of the Regensburger Domspatzen in Regensburg in the school database of the Bavarian State Ministry for Education and Culture , accessed on July 13, 2019.
- ^ Hans Niedermayer, Der Domchor , in: Christel Erkes, Die Regensburger Domspatzen , 1993, p. 142.
- ↑ Bartholomäus Engert: Zur Geschichte des Musikgymnasium , in: Festschrift 50 Jahre Musikgymnasium , 1998, p. 41.
- ↑ Notes on the former Domspatzendirektor Johann Meier research on regensburg-digital of December 14, 2015.
- ↑ domspatzen-pielehofen.de/aktuelles/richtfest-fuer-die-neue-grundschule ( memento from February 10, 2013 in the web archive archive.today )
- ↑ http://www.domspatzen.de/internat/galerie/Neubau-Grundschule-2011.html ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Abuse at Domspatzen under Theobald Schrems , research from April 22, 2013 on regensburg-digital (last accessed January 2016).
- ^ Ratzinger's confession. In: sueddeutsche.de. March 9, 2010, accessed August 21, 2018 .
- ↑ FAZ, March 10, 2010 ( online )
- ↑ WORLD ( online )
- ↑ Josef Wirnshofer (interviewer): Roman was raped in the Domspatzen boarding school. In: Now . February 11, 2018, accessed February 13, 2018 .
- ↑ http://www.regensburg-digital.de/demuetigung-in-serie/29022012/
- ↑ http://www.regensburg-digital.de/ins-genick-gewichst/19042012/
- ↑ Georg Ratzinger's responsibility for “Etterzhausen”, guidance from INTERN-AT from May 2011.
- ↑ Listen up, o heaven report in DIE ZEIT from March 18, 2010.
- ↑ Order to deal with cases of abuse and abuse from outside ( memento of the original from October 12, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Website of the diocese (as of August 2015)
- ↑ www.uw-recht.org ( Memento of the original of July 21, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Nothing new in the East Statement by the INTERN-AT group of October 12, 2015.
- ↑ Interim report : Up to 700 victims of abuse at Regensburger Domspatzen. Süddeutsche Zeitung , January 8, 2016, accessed on January 9, 2016 .
- ↑ Hundreds of cathedral sparrows mistreated: Foundation board appalled by the number of victims. Bayerischer Rundfunk , January 9, 2016, accessed on January 9, 2016 .
